Journeys Into Madness: Mapping Mental Illness in the Austro-Hungarian Empire

At the turn of the century, Sigmund Freud's investigation of the mind represented a particular journey into mental illness, but it was not the only exploration of this 'territory' in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Sanatoriums were the new tourism destinations, psychiatrists were collecting art works produced by patients and writers were developing innovative literary techniques to convey a character's interior life. This collection of essays uses the framework of journeys in order to highlight the diverse artistic, cultural and medical responses to a peculiarly Viennese anxiety about the madness of modern times. The travellers of these journeys vary from patients to doctors, artists to writers, architects to composers and royalty to tourists; in engaging with their histories, the contributors reveal the different ways in which madness was experienced and represented in 'Vienna 1900'.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857454587
• ISBN13: 9780857454584
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"